Manufacturing Product Lead

Manufacturing Product Lead

Catalent, Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma, biotech, and consumer health customers, supporting product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply. With time-tested experience in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites, Catalent supplies billions of doses of life-enhancing and life-saving treatments for patients annually.

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee.

Catalent’s Kansas City, MO facility is home to our Oral & Specialty Drug Delivery, Biologics Analytical Services and Clinical Supply Services businesses. The site provides a range of integrated services for oral solid dosage forms, from formulation development and analytical testing to clinical and commercial-scale manufacture. The Kansas City facility is a Center-of-Excellence for our Biologics Analytical Services business. Our talented team has over 25 years of experience providing analytical services for stand-alone and integrated biologics projects.

Our facility in Kansas City, MO is hiring for a Manufacturing Product Lead. The Manufacturing Product Lead is responsible for providing technical support for oral solid dose (OSD) production processes. This includes process improvements, technology transfer, process investigations, and process troubleshooting.

This is a full-time, 100% onsite position. The schedule is Monday – Thursday, 1:30PM – 12:00AM.

The Role

• Works cross-functionally with commercial manufacturing by providing oversight, process improvements, and operational direction.

• Serves as a liaison between the site and the client, as well as the project management team, to provide production updates and answer questions.

• Trains production technician team on batch records and serves as a Subject Matter Expert on day-to-day issues and troubleshooting.

• Responsible for batch records, deviations, and change control.

• All other duties as assigned.

The Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, Engineering, or Life Science preferred.

• Minimum of 15 years pharmaceutical manufacturing experience may be substituted for a degree.

• Prior experience in process engineering and/or pharmaceutical production highly preferred.

• Minimum of 1 year in OSD pharmaceutical operations is preferred.

• Experience with equipment IQ/OQ/PQ preferred.

• Experience in Lean Manufacturing/OpEx and Six Sigma preferred.

Why you should join Catalent

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process. 

• Diverse, inclusive culture. 

• Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative.

• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives. 

• 152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays.

• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I.

• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment.

• Community engagement and green initiatives. 

• Generous 401K match. 

• Medical, dental and vision benefits.

• Tuition Reimbursement - Let us help you finish your degree or start a new degree.

• WellHub- program to promote overall physical wellness. 

• Perkspot - offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in a wide array of categories.

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a differe